Article storage and display stand



Jan. 14, 1936. T. E. WHARTON 2,027,799

ARTICLE STORAGE AND DISPLAY STAND Filed Aug. 11, 1933 INVENTOR.THOMAS'E.WHARTON ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 14, 1936 PATENT OFFlCE ARTICLESTORAGE AND DISPLAY STAND Thomas E. Wharton, Bridgeport, Conn., assignorto Remington Arms Company, Inc., a corpora tion of Delaware ApplicationAugust 11, 1933, Serial No. 684,633

1 Claim. (Cl. 211-13) This invention relates to devices for displayingand storing small articles, such as articles of cutlery, and isparticularly adapted for use in retail stores in dispensing thesearticles.

Generally stated, the invention contemplates a means for supporting andadvantageously displaying a number of small articles and, in combinationtherewith, means for storing a stock of the articles in apartially'concealed and protected position. 1

The invention further contemplates an improved device for the support ofthe displayed articles, .which device may readily be adapted to theproper location for effective display of a number of articles ofdifferent sizes.

The invention further contemplates a unitary article storage and displaydevice with an integral supporting means adapted to be readily displacedto such a position as to permit of ready packing of the device forshipment.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel constructions, combir .tions and arrangements of parts, arepresentatlve ,embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of the frontof a display device embodying one form of the present'invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of a slight modification of the deviceshown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective of a slightlyv modified form of articlesupporting strip.

The device comprises a panel, plate or board Ill, which may be of anysuitable material, such as wood, ply-wood, fibre, press-board andsimilar materials, or even of metal. This board is preferably arrangedfor support in a position somewhat inclined to the vertical, asillustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. The board may be formed and its frontsurface ll colored and decorated in accordance with any desired design.Means are provided for supporting small articles, particularly articlesof cutlery such as pocket knives, upon the face of the board Ill. Saidmeans preferably comprises a strip I2 of spring metal, which strip mayand preferably does consist of a single piece extending throughout thelength of the board. Said strip may be let into the board so that itsouter surface comes flush with the surface H, as illustrated in Figs. 1,2 and 3, or it may be secured upon and project outwardly from thesurface H, as illustrated in Fig. 4. If the strip is let into thesurface, as in Fig. 1, it is preferably painted or otherwise decoratedin the same manner as the surface, and is thus rendered comparativelyinconspicuous. The strip, how- 5 ever, may be plated with a suitablemetal, such as nickel "or chromium, and set upon the surface H to extendoutwardly therefrom, as shown in Fig. 4. In either construction, thestrip is firmly secured to the board by suitable means, such as nails,screws or rivets. Struck outwardly from the metal strip l2 ar a seriesof article holding spring fingers I3. These fingers are integral withthe stock of the strip l2 which, 'as heretofore stated, is of springmetal, and are formed by making suitable cuts in the strip and bendingthe fingers thus partially severed from the strip to the properconfiguration. The strip preferably comprises a number of sets of suchfingers l3, and each set may com- 0 prise two fingers struck from'themarginal portions ofv the strip, as illustrated in Fig. 1, or a singlefinger struck from a transversely intermediate portion of the strip, asillustrated in Fig. 5. In either event, any desired longitudinal 25,'spacing'of the fingers may be provided. In the construction illustratedin Fig. 1 the spacing of the fingers is increased by regular incrementsfrom one end of the board toward the other, although obviously a widevariety of other spaces adapted to particular displays of particulararticles may be adopted. Such spring fingers are adapted to easilyreceive and permit the ready removal of such articles as the pocketknife illustrated in Fig; 1. Any other desired articles may be similarlysupported.

The invention further contemplates, in conjunction with the displayboard and article holding device thereon, a receptacle for the storingof any desired stock which may or may not be associated with the stockdisplayed on the face of the board panel. Such a receptacle is securedto the back of the board I0 and preferably comprises a plurality ofrelatively narrow and deep compartments, said compartments serving, inconjunction with the inclined board I0, to partially conceal andsubstantially protect the stock contained therein. As shown in thedrawing, the receptacle comprises a back l4, 2. base l5, ends l6, andintermediate partitions l'l joining and spacing the back 14 and theboard ID. The receptacle may be formed from a single piece of a suitablematerial, such as wood, or may be fabricated in any desired manner. Itis rigidly secured to the back of the board Ill to form an part of theboard immediately opposite the receptacle. v

suitable means are provided for the support oi the receptacle with theboard all in a suitably inclined position, said means being preterablyso arranged that it is easily displaced into the plane of the base I! ofthe storage receptacle to facilitate packing and eliminate damage inshipping. The supporting device and attaching means shown in the drawingcomprise a supporting base It extending rearwardly from the receptaclebase I! and attached to said receptacie base by a screw it. One or theforward corners of the base II is rounded as shown at 20 (Fig. 2) topermit the supportin base to be swung about the screw I! into the planeof the receptacle base It. The arcuate portion 2| merges with atransversely straight and verticaliy inclined end H which abuts the backof the board it to locate the supporting base It! in its extended orsupporting position. A selfcontained article display and storage deviceprovided with a remarkably efllcient and adaptable 5 display holder isthus provided.

The embodiment of the invention herein described and shown in thedrawing is to be understood as typical and illustrative only, theinvention being susceptible oi. embodiment in many other forms, allfalling within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a display panel having 15 article holding anddisplaying means secured on one side thereof, of an article receptaclecomprising a plurality of separate compartments secured to and whollysupported on the opposite side of said panel, and a supporting base com-20 prising a bar pivoted to said receptacle and adapted to be swung froman effective extended position to an ineffective position beneath saidreceptacle.

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